Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Health Informatics and eHealth (GLHE11066)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Online Distance Learning	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course explores key concepts and issues in Health Informatics and eHealth. It provides a grounding in the history and evolution of the fields at theoretical and applied levels.
Course description	The course will be divided into 5 sessions, each lasting a week. Most sessions will contain written materials and presentations, accompanied by guided reading in the form of links to journal articles with problem-based learning questions. Discussion of the content and reading materials will be posted to an online forum, along with students' answers to the problem based learning (PBL) questions.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Flexible
Course Start Date	11/09/2017
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 5, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 1, Online Activities 35, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 5, Formative Assessment Hours 5, Revision Session Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 46 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	There are three (3) component for the course assessment Essay (1000 - 1200 words) - 40% Assessed Discussion Tasks - 40% Reflective Commentary - 20%
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Apply critical and systems thinking to the evaluation of Health Informatics and eHealth issues, opportunities and challenges Critically evaluate the history, stages of development, and the scope and diversity within the fields of Medical Informatics and eHealth. Critically evaluate the mechanisms for modelling, visualising and organising information and systems Critically evaluate socio-technical perspectives on the current and future development of Health Informatics and eHealth infrastructures such as the Electronic Health Record (EHR). Identify and discuss the key factors and emerging trends influencing the current and future evolution of Health Informatics and eHealth.